TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

While most Brits look forward to long hot summer days, a mum-of-six will be staying in the shade - as she is allergic to the sun .

PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .